Star Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Tiger Shroff, Arjun Kapoor, Jackie Shroff
Director: Rohit Shetty
What’s Good: The locations were vitally significant to the Ramayana, Ranveer Singh was a total Pookie, and some cast members’ power-packed entries were impressive.
What’s Bad: Shoddy screenplay, Classic Rohit Shetty action set-pieces, and nonsensical car crashes that make you go “Ata Majhi Satakli.” Deepika Padukone and Tiger Shroff are a total waste. There is too much reliance on the background score and Ramayan references, preachy dialogues, and an utterly wasted cameo (Why Bhai Why?).
Loo Break: You can choose to take one during the jarring and illogical action sequences. It would not be too much of a miss.
Watch or Not?: Unless you are an Ajay Devgn fan or someone who loves to keep the brains and logic at home, you are free to take the plunge.
Language: Hindi
Available On: Theatrical Release
Runtime: 144 minutes
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Ever since the trailer of Rohit Shetty’s cop universe film Singham Again came out, many fans were concerned about the overexposure of the entire movie. This also led us to think whether the movie would be all chaos and no play, with so many Bollywood biggies but a jumbled and shoddy execution. My worst fears came true when this is exactly what I witnessed in the movie, especially in the second half. Imagine making a dish that has the perfect ingredients, which is bound to make it a tasty one. But instead of letting one ingredient blend well into the dish, you pour everything in one go, leading to a confused and rather bland taste. This is what happens with the Ajay Devgn starrer. Despite the spirit of Diwali, the Ramayana reference and inspiration in this one tends to do more harm than good.
DCP Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn) meets his longtime foe Omar Hafiz (Jackie Shroff) and holds him captive, but now his grandson Zubair Hafiz, aka Danger Lanka (Arjun Kapoor) is out for vengeance from the cop universe trio – Singham, Simmba (Ranveer Singh) and Sooryavanshi (Akshay Kumar) for the death of his family members. Zubair kidnaps Singham’s wife, Avni (Kareena Kapoor Khan). This leads Singham on a quest to rescue his wife and stop Zubai’s deadly revenge witchhunt, which takes him all the way to Sri Lanka. Apart from his comrades Simmba and Sooryavanshi, this time around, he is also joined by Lady Singham, aka Shakti Shetty (Deepika Padukone) and ACP Satya Bali (Tiger Shroff).
